Uno Minda Group entered into collaboration with Microsoft through its connected vehicle and telematics arm Minda iConnect Pvt Ltd. The partnership will aim to enhance in-vehicle connectivity and efficiency to provide an enriched driving experience to automotive users in the country, said the company in a statement on Friday.ETAuto | May 12, 2017, 16:22 IST

NEW DELHI: Uno Minda Group a leading automotive component maker from North India has tied up with software giant Microsoft to bring connected vehicle technologies in the automotive industry.

Uno Minda Group entered into collaboration with Microsoft through its connected vehicle and telematics arm Minda iConnect Pvt Ltd. The partnership will aim to enhance in-vehicle connectivity and efficiency to provide an enriched driving experience to automotive users in the country, said the company in a statement on Friday.

Commenting on the partnership, Ravi Jakhodia, CEO Minda iConnect, said this partnership with Microsoft’s fast-paced innovation cycle will create a fully connected and seamless driving experience for the end customers.

"This partnership puts in place the right building blocks as we aim to connect millions of vehicles across passenger and commercial segments,” added Jakhodia.

As part of this collaboration, Microsoft and Minda will work on technologies for both the passenger car and commercial vehicle automobile manufacturers to significantly enhance customer experience across – safety and security, convenience and ease of ownership and on content and entertainment front.

On the safety and security front, Minda and Microsfot over the next two years will focus on real time benchmarking of driving behavior, real time coaching, vehicle to vehicle, and vehicle to infrastructure communication. In addition, they will look at ways in which how fleet owners will be enabled to better incentivize their drivers to improve both fleet efficiency and driver safety.

On the convenience and ease of ownership aspect, the partners will aim to bring the right ecosystem partners onto the platform to provide a seamless vehicle management experience for end customers. For example, seamless road side assistance, insurance renewals and usage based insurance would be some of the upcoming features.

And on the content and entertainment front, with 4G networks now becoming prevalent in India, audio video and news content with connected vehicle program will be some of the key highlights for the end consumers.